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# 1  
Old 06-02-2014
Grep text and see all section
Hello
I am looking for a way to look in files and to grep text and see the all section of the text

Code:
! 
Sharon123
deed
10000
class 360
! 
sharon456
2000
deed
! 
Sharon789
live
3000
!

To grep "deed "an see the all section

The output is
Code:
! 
Sharon123
deed
10000
class 360
! 
sharon456
2000
deed
!


Thanks
Sharon
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 06-02-2014 at 08:57 AM.. Reason: code tags, formatting
# 2  
Old 06-02-2014
Try
Code:
awk -vRS="!" -vORS="!" '/deed/' file

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# 3  
Old 06-02-2014
Or:
Code:
awk '/^!/{ if(p~s)printf "%s", p; p=x} {p=p $0 ORS} END{print "!"} ' s=deed file

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Old 06-02-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrutinizer
Or:
Code:
awk '/^!/{ if(p~s)printf "%s", p; p=x} {p=p $0 ORS} END{print "!"} ' s=deed file

thanks

and one more thing
To grep "deed " and "live" and see the all section

Code:
! 
Sharon123
deed
10000
class 360
! 
sharon456
2000
deed
! 
Sharon789
live
3000
!


To grep "deed " and "live" and see the all section

The output is
Code:
! 
Sharon123
deed
10000
class 360
! 
sharon456
2000
deed
! 
Sharon789
live
3000
!


Thanks
Sharon
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 06-02-2014 at 09:56 AM.. Reason: CODE tags; removed spurious formatting
# 5  
Old 06-02-2014
You can change s=deed to : s="deed|live"
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# 6  
Old 06-02-2014
Or:
Code:
awk -vRS="!" -vORS="!" 'NR==1 || /deed|live/' file

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